/*
 * Copyright 2008 Sanjiv Sahayam
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.googlecode.pinthura.io;

import com.googlecode.pinthura.boundary.java.io.ReaderBoundary;

/**
 * Factory that creates a <code>ReaderBoundary</code> given file name.
 */
public interface FileReaderFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a <code>ReaderBoundary</code> given a file name.
     * @param fileName The name of the file to create a boundary for.
     * @return The <code>ReaderBoundary</code> to the named file.
     * @throws FileReaderFactoryException If the boundary can't be created.
     */
    ReaderBoundary create(String fileName) throws FileReaderFactoryException;
}
